Most Beautiful University Campuses In Canada

From gorgeous mountain backdrops to breathtaking green landscapes, Canada is home to some of the most scenic campuses in the world.

Most Canadian students at these institutions get to experience all four seasons, historic buildings and all of the country's natural beauty. Or urban atmosphere, depending on your location. Hey, if you're going to spend a minimum of 36 months behind closed doors (or outside), it better have a good view.

Autumn at Nipissing University. This walkway beside the campus pond leads to over 20 km of hiking trails.

University of King's College, Halifax

University of King's College

Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.

Queen's

Douglas Library building

Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.

Queen's

Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que.

Université de Sherbrooke

Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Que.

Université de Sherbrooke

Royal Roads University, Victoria

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Hatley Castle at Royal Roads University.

Royal Roads University, Victoria

Royal Roads University

OCAD University, Toronto

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OCAD University, Toronto

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Memorial University, St. John's N.L.

Memorial University

Memorial University, St. John's N.L.

Memorial University

Bruneau Centre

Dalhousie University, Halifax

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St. Thomas University, Fredericton, N.B.

St. Thomas University

McGill University, Montreal

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McGill University, Montreal

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Redpath Museum, a museum of natural history that belongs to the university.

Simon Fraser University, Surrey, B.C.

Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C.

Simon Fraser University

University of Guelph, Guelph, Ont

University of Guelph

Autumn on campus

Bishop's University, Sherbrooke, Que.

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Acadia University, Wolfville, N.S.

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Saint Mary's University, Halifax

Outdoor learning pavilion on campus.

Trent University, Peterborough, Ont.

Trent University

Trent’s new president and vice-chancellor, Dr. Leo Groarke keeps a kayak in his office and often takes advantage of the Otonabee River just outside his door.

University Of New Brunswick, Fredericton, N.B.

UNB

University Of New Brunswick, Saint John, N.B.

UNB

Hans W. Klohn Commons in Saint John.

Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver

Emily Carr University of Art + Design

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Kyoto University was only one of two non-Anglo schools in the top 20 of the ratings. (Photo courtesy of Flickr/Jun Seita)

The University of Pennsylvania's famed Wharton School of Business is shown here.
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Located in Baltimore, Maryland, Johns Hopkins is particularly known for its sciences, and research from the institution is among the most referenced in the world.

The only Canadian university to make it into the top 20 schools for reputation, U of T, with its three different campuses, ties with Cornell University for 16th place.

The iconic Uris Library and McGraw Tower sits on top of a hill at Cornell University.

Located in New York City, Columbia University is renowned for its business, education, and journalism programs.

The city of Chicago may be known as the "Windy City" but you're not likely to find any airheads at this university, thanks to its strong focus on academic exploration and research.

One of three British Universities to penetrate the top 20, the Imperial College London has roughly 13,000 students and four faculties: business, natural science, medicine, and engineering.

Established in 1817, the University of Michigan was one of the first public universities in the U.S. Since then, the university has expanded into three different campuses in Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint Michigan with nearly 59,000 students enrolled.

Many students and alumni have walked the halls of the Broad Center for Biological Sciences at California Institute of Technology. The university has more than 30 graduates that have gone to win Nobel prizes, and one alumnus has even walked on the moon.

Students attending Yale can have the satisfaction that they're studying in the same buildings as five U.S. presidents and 17 Supreme Court justices. Yale is also America's third-oldest university and the birthplace for mascots and residences.

Since this university is situated close to Hollywood, it shouldn't be a surprise that it's a school's known for its film and television program. For those looking for a program with less glitz and glamour, the university has five health science schools, seven post-graduate schools and five undergraduate colleges.

The second university from Japan to join the list, the University of Tokyo has seen 15 of its students graduate and become Prime Minister. The school also has 11 institutes focused on researching phenomena like cosmic rays and earthquakes.

Size isn't everything and Princeton University can certainly attest to that. The university is one of the smaller Ivy League schools with its 500-acre campus and a population of roughly 7500 students. Still, it's diminutive size hasn't stopped the school from featuring 30 Nobel laureates among its past faculty and alumni.

Yale may be America's third oldest university, but the University of Oxford is the third oldest surviving university in history. With such an established history in post-secondary education, it's no surprise that 26 British Prime Ministers and at least 30 other world leaders have once called Oxford their home.

Home of the iconic Campanile Tower, the University Of California Berkeley, or UC Berkeley for short, has about 36,000 students. The university is also where vitamin E and the flu virus were discovered and where the first no-fault divorce law was drafted.

Getting into Stanford is tough -- just ask the 93 per cent of applicants the school rejects annually. But those who graduate tend to do well and have gone off to establish large corporations like Hewlett-Packard and Google. Stanford is also the third-richest university in the world.

Modern science and technology owes a great deal to the University of Cambridge and its graduates. Names like Issac Newton, Ernest Rutherfords, Charles Darwin, Alan Turing, James D. Watson and Sir Francis Crick all spent some time at Cambridge.

The motto at the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology is Mens et manus -- meaning "Mind and Hand". It reflects the institute's hands-on approach to education, similar to European polytechnic institutes. Their approach can be seen in any one of the school's six faculties and in their over 10,000 students.

With age comes wisdom and Harvard is a university that certainly has age. As America's oldest university, the school has over 21,000 students and over 40 alumni that have gone on to become Nobel laureates. The school has also produced two Canadian Prime Ministers: Mackenzie King and Pierre Trudeau.